In a message dated 10/2/00 8:31:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mkellyprivitt@ArkansasUSA.com writes: > > Pruitt -Prewit is my mothers family. Have found it spelled many ways > including Privitt-Privett, which is my married name. > > I have wondered if this is another variation of spelling Pruitt over the > years. > > Has any one else found proof it they are the same family?? Spelling was so > bad back then that persons didn't know how their name was spelled on many > occasions, thus the different spelling. > > Am interested to know if this is the same family or different and spellings > were spelled wrong in some instances. Marie > > In my Pruitt family, it was spelled Pruitt by my parents, but my half-sisters were Prewitt's. Some of my uncles spell it Pruett. Terri